We need to have a conversation about race and IQ. I will start this thread off by addressing some basic points about this subject, and after that I'm sure we'll get into the specifics.
>Why does this matter?
Much of our understanding of social issues relies on the idea of cognitive equality between races. What this leads to is that whenever we see an average disparity in life outcomes between racial groups, we conclude that this disparity must be due to some environmental factor, or worse, some nefarious force that intentionally keeps certain racial groups scoring lower in measures of life success. In response to this perception of racial injustice, institutions have started to implement policies that explicitly give racial preferential treatment to those races who are perceived to be the victims of oppression. An example of this is that universities are now granting higher admission rates to underrepresented minorities. An Asian American applicant in the fourth-lowest academic decile has virtually no chance of being admitted (0.9%), while an African American applicant in the same academic decile has a 12.8% chance of being admitted. Identical GPA's.
https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1444900/SFFA_Harvard_Cert_FINAL_SFFA_Petition_for_Certiorari.pdf?p=pdf
Due to the unsubstantiated assumption that racial groups are cognitively equal, we now stray further from a merit-based society and are heading more towards a race-based society. In an attempt to rectify perceived racial injustice, we create true racial injustice at the hands of higher scoring racial groups.
Source picture: Weiss 2010 - WAIS-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives
https://1lib.nl/book/1043119/76adf1
>Why does this matter?
Much of our understanding of social issues relies on the idea of cognitive equality between races. What this leads to is that whenever we see an average disparity in life outcomes between racial groups, we conclude that this disparity must be due to some environmental factor, or worse, some nefarious force that intentionally keeps certain racial groups scoring lower in measures of life success. In response to this perception of racial injustice, institutions have started to implement policies that explicitly give racial preferential treatment to those races who are perceived to be the victims of oppression. An example of this is that universities are now granting higher admission rates to underrepresented minorities. An Asian American applicant in the fourth-lowest academic decile has virtually no chance of being admitted (0.9%), while an African American applicant in the same academic decile has a 12.8% chance of being admitted. Identical GPA's.
https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1444900/SFFA_Harvard_Cert_FINAL_SFFA_Petition_for_Certiorari.pdf?p=pdf
Due to the unsubstantiated assumption that racial groups are cognitively equal, we now stray further from a merit-based society and are heading more towards a race-based society. In an attempt to rectify perceived racial injustice, we create true racial injustice at the hands of higher scoring racial groups.
Source picture: Weiss 2010 - WAIS-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives
https://1lib.nl/book/1043119/76adf1
